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<h1>Dimension</h1>

<p>Base element for dimension elements within a cube.</p>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>The dimension is an abstract element that defines the 
basic properties of a OLAP dimension element. The derived elements, tabular and ODA dimension
elements, provide hierarchy contents that are defined in this dimension itself.</p>

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<h2 class="property">defaultHierarchy</h2>

<p>Name of the default hierarchy applied to this dimension.</p>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>The hierarchy element can define multiple hierarchy element. This property specified
the default one to be made query and rendered. If you don't set the value or give the value of
a non existing hierarchy, the first hierarchy element is read as the default one if existing.</p>

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<h2 class="property">isTimeType</h2>

<p>Indicates whether the data type of the dimension is time.</p>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>This property indicates whether this dimension is a special type of Time. This is used
to speed up the performance. True if the dimension is time type; otherwise false. By default, the
value is FALSE.</p>

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